Brutal, bizarre, and boozy podcast

Jane and Deklan

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Dark stories, strange detours, stiff drinks.

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Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy pairs brutal crimes and bizarre occurrences with drinks built around one of the stories. Declan and Jane keep the mood conversational, moving from grim material to quick reactions, side comments, and lighter chasers.

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About Brutal, bizarre, and boozy podcast

Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy sits at the messy intersection of true crime, bizarre occurrences, ghost stories, and cocktail-hour banter. The show is led in the excerpts by Declan, the son, and Jane, the mom, whose dynamic gives the darker material a familiar, back-and-forth shape. It is not polished documentary narration. It sounds more like one person has done the reading, brought the notes, and started telling the table what happened while the other person reacts in real time. Some stories are deeply grim. The Kalinka Bamberski case moves through medical abuse, failed accountability, court reversals, and a father’s long fight for justice. The Finders episode leans into cult allegations, redacted documents, FBI interest, CIA suspicion, and the maddening absence of clear answers. Other episodes move through the murders tied to Brian Steven Smith, Jamal Khashoggi, Alex Ewing’s crimes, the Black Dahlia, and the Ana Walshe case. The show also gives itself room to breathe through the bizarre side of its title. Tower of London ghosts, Boca Raton Resort ghost stories, strange deep sea creatures, strange medical treatments, Lost Dutchman’s Mine, and Operation Sea-Spray all fit comfortably beside the crime cases. The themed cocktails matter. Father Figure, Warehouse C, Spicy Fifty, No Man’s Land, Hotel Nacional, Yellow Hammer, Conference Call, and Sea Spray Kiss make each episode feel like a particular night rather than a generic case file. The tone can be blunt. It can also be warm. That mix is the point: discomfort, curiosity, disbelief, and a little gallows humor all share space without turning the worst details into a joke. The research arrives in accessible chunks, with dates, names, context, and aftermath explained plainly. The reactions keep it human. Listeners who want a formal investigative series may find it too loose, but those who like conversational true crime with side trails will understand the appeal quickly. It is a show for people who can handle grim subject matter, but prefer it with personality, skepticism, and a drink recipe nearby.

Made for: Best for true-crime and paranormal listeners who like conversational storytelling, blunt reactions, and a relaxed two-person rhythm. It also fits anyone drawn to bizarre occurrences, cult allegations, hauntings, and themed cocktails.

What sets it apart: The cocktail format gives each grim or bizarre story a distinct table-talk setting. Declan and Jane’s son-and-mom dynamic keeps the research approachable without pretending the material is lighter than it is.

In their own words

This is the podcast where we talk about brutal crimes, bizarre occurrences, and get you drunk with cocktails themed around one of our stories. Our story tellers are a mom and son combo who will bring you brutal and bizarre stories in a unique and fun way. This is the party where true crime, ghosts, UFOs, cryptids, paranormal, and much more come to hang out and have a cocktail together.

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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Jane and Declan pair case narration with candid questions that make disputed evidence, investigative failures, and unusual side stories easier to follow.

Jane and Declan build episodes around two narrated subjects, a themed cocktail, and a conversational exchange between mother and son. The cases range from Gordon Cordeiro's wrongful conviction to the deaths of Kalinka Bamberski and Ana Walshe, while companion stories turn toward…

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An oven mitt for alien hand syndrome? Jane and Declan give you the appropriate horrified response.

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to follow a wrongful-conviction account through shaky informants, an alibi, and DNA
Jane and Declan's back-and-forth when a medical oddity gets unsettling

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#191: Kalinka Bamberski Case | Charles Albanese Poisonings & the Father Figure cocktailApr 15, 2026

A loose true-crime conversation that keeps the grim details clear and the banter moving.

This episode keeps its grip on the Kalinka Bamberski case by staying close to the grim facts and letting the hosts push and pull against each other.

#190: The Finders Cult | Ana Walshe Murder Case & the Warehouse C cocktailApr 8, 2026

A loose Finders episode that keeps the FBI, CIA, buried-body rumors, and redactions in view.

The Finders case gives this episode its edge. It moves from FBI contact and CIA questions to buried-body rumors and heavy redactions, while Declan and Jane keep the banter loose enough that the harder details still land. The two-hander barstool setup fits the material well.

#174: Operation Fantasia, Soviet Serial Killer Vladimir Vinnichevsky & the Man O’ WarDec 10, 2025

A scrappy, strange history hangout built around radium paint, glowing foxes, and blunt banter.

This episode starts with radium paint and the radium-girls backstory, then veers into a stranger stretch involving a raccoon and a plan to paint foxes before releasing them to test whether glowing animals might be read as supernatural.

#168: Sarah Hartsfield: Calculated Murder, the Mind’s Strangest Disorders and the Black Widow cocktailOct 29, 2025

A conversational look at alien hand syndrome and Cotard syndrome, with the brain's stranger failures made easy to follow.

The episode follows alien hand syndrome into Cotard syndrome, keeping its eye on the uneasy gap between what the brain does and what the self can explain.

#153: Freed-Gordon Cordeiro, Odd Roadtrip-The Tromp Family, Gordon’s Cup cocktail, and featuring special guest Dayvid from Dayvid Don’t Know Jul 16, 2025

Breezy banter gives way to a skeptical case breakdown centered on Gordon Cordeiro.

The episode starts off with easy banter, then settles into the Gordon Cordeiro case without losing its conversational rhythm. That softer opening helps the heavier material land later, especially once the discussion turns to jailhouse informants, the disputed map, witness-backed…

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#216: The Blue Fugates | Dimebag Darrell & Electric Smurf

#215: Chernobyl | Susan Monica & the Tropical Mule

#214: Rafael Pérez, Richard Speck & the Spruce Goose

#213: Pulse Nightclub Shooting | The Headless Valley & Pulse Strawberry Mule

#212: Aisling “Tucker” Moore-Reed | Baba Vanga & the Midnight Manuscript

#211: Dylann Roof | Cash-Landrum Incident & Churchill Cocktail

#210: Mark Twitchell | Ronnie Biggs & the Serial Killer Cocktail

#209: Chris Benoit | Derinkuyu & The Luchador

#208: 4th Anniversary Case Updates | Mint Julep & Stone Sour

#207: The SS Baychimo | John Lennon's Murder & the Danny Ocean

#206: Katherine Knight | The Danni Houchins Cold Case & Grounds for Divorce

#205: Fatal Familial Insomnia | Carl Tanzler & the Between the Sheets

#204: Tarrare | The Jessica Folds Murder Case & the Stone Sour Cocktail

#203: Dublin Whiskey Fire | Rebecca Schaeffer Murder & the Irish Buck

#202: Citronelle Murders | Gardner Museum Heist & the Ohh My Deer

Episode #201: Yara Gambirasio | The Flatwoods Monster & the Italian Gentleman

#200: Rajneeshpuram | Oregon Cult Crimes, Bioterror & the Orange Crush

#199: Brett Ryan's Crossbow Murders | Ley Lines & the Bashful Canadian

#198: Sarah Boone Suitcase Murder Case | Many Lost Treasures & the Island Treasure

#197: Wizard of Oz Ruby Slippers Theft | Mary Ann Cotton & The Texas Slipper

#196: Satanic Panic-Michael Aquino | The Suffolk Strangler & Satan’s Kiss Cocktail

#195: Alpha-Gal Syndrome | Unit 731 & the Tick of the Clock Cocktail

#194: Budd Dwyer Press Conference | Counterclockwise Experiment & Senator Jack Cocktail

#193: Gerhardt & Arielle Konig | Albert Spaggiari Heist & the Tropical Jewel

#192: Ludlow Massacre | Girlstown Mexico Mass Illness & the Coal Miner’s Daughter

#191: Kalinka Bamberski Case | Charles Albanese Poisonings & the Father Figure cocktail

#190: The Finders Cult | Ana Walshe Murder Case & the Warehouse C cocktail

#189: Tower of London Ghosts | Italian Serial Killer Giorgio Vizzardelli & the Spicy Fifty

#188: Brian Steven Smith | Strange Deep Sea Creatures & No Man’s Land cocktail

#187: Jamal Khashoggi | The Boca Raton Resort Ghost Stories & the Hotel Nacional cocktail

#186: Alex Ewing’s brutal crimes | Strange medical treatments & Yellow Hammer cocktail

#185: McDonald’s Hoax Calls | Lost Dutchman’s Mine & Conference Call cocktail

#184: Black Dahlia | Operation Sea-Spray & the Sea Spray Kiss

#183: Turmoil in Tiananmen Square | Colonial Parkway Murders & the Chinese Fizz

#182: Newgrange | Gareth Williams & the Irish Maid cocktail

#181: Black Wall Street | Dan Markel & Wall Street Sour

#180: Franklin Delano Floyd & Suzanne Sevakis | The Antwerp Diamond Heist | Hit and Run Cocktail

#179: The Meng Zhaoguo UFO Encounter, Franklin Floyd & Cheryl Commesso plus The Phoenix Cocktail

#178: The Nazca Mummies Controversy, The Tragic Life of Lloyd Avery II & The Mummy Cocktail

#177: The Gilgo Beach Killer, Long Island Serial Murders & the Nazca Lines — with a Long Island Iced Tea

#176: The Evolution of Santa Claus, Nicole Brown Simpson & a Gingerbread Old Fashioned

#175: Air Indiana Flight 216, “Jupiter Joe” & the Courtside Punch

#174: Operation Fantasia, Soviet Serial Killer Vladimir Vinnichevsky & the Man O’ War

#173: The 764 Group, Leonard Hogue, the Mr. Big Sting & the Block Breaker

#172: Marsh Bridge Thanksgiving Ghost, the Murder of David Harmon & the Turkeytini

#171: Tracie McBride Military Abduction, The Auto-Brewery Syndrome Phenomenon, and the Air Force cocktail

#170: Christopher Thomas Stalking Saga, The Disappearance of Lars Mittank, & the Wicked Behavior cocktail

#169: Ronald O’Bryan’s Halloween Plot, The Taos Hum Mystery, & the Pixie Stick cocktail

#168: Sarah Hartsfield: Calculated Murder, the Mind’s Strangest Disorders and the Black Widow cocktail

#167: The Knights of the Crystal Blade Cult, Dentist James Craig’s Murder Case, and the Southern Knight Cocktail

#166: Jack the Ripper Serial Killer, Kendra Licari Cyberbullying Case, and Delete That Text Cocktail

#165: President Lincoln Assassination, Phaistos Disc Mystery, and Lincoln Club Cooler Cocktail

#164: Dean Corll Houston Serial Killer, Lake Peigneur Close Call, and The Accomplice Cocktail

#163: Whistleblower-Suchir Balaji, Mysterious-Alaska Triangle, and the Future Freeze cocktail

#162: Serial-Joseph Naso, Robbery-2022 Brinks truck heist, and Old Fashioned

#161: Land-Oregon Sheep Wars, Politics-Watergate Scandal, and Journalist cocktail

#160: Take over- Battle of Alcatraz, Haunted-Leap Castle, and the Celtic Twilight cocktail

#159: Military-General Butt Naked, Experiment-Leonard Kille, and the Butt Naked cocktail

#158: Brutal and bizarre- Stephen Paddock, Las Vegas Shooter and the Revolver cocktail

#157: Convicted-Ezequiel Zayas, Bigfoot-Peter Byrne, and the Yeti cocktail

#156: Executed-Hamida Djandoubi, Psychology-Interrogation techniques, and the Interrogation cocktail

#155: Sentenced-Bryan Kohberger, Whistleblower-Karen Silkwood, and the PHD cocktail

#154: Solved-Arlis Perry, Brain-Synesthesia, and the Ice Pick cocktail

#153: Freed-Gordon Cordeiro, Odd Roadtrip-The Tromp Family, Gordon’s Cup cocktail, and featuring special guest Dayvid from Dayvid Don’t Know

#152: Green widow-Mary Ellen Samuels, Brain-Acquired Savant Syndrome, and the Green Widow Cocktail

#151: Strange death-Johnny Lewis, Science-Exploding Coffin Syndrome, and the Explosion cocktail

#150: Rampage-Olga Hepnarová, Animal-Siegfried & Roy, and Tiger’s Claw cocktail

#149: Special release-Happy Hour

#148: Family annihilator-Timothy Blackburn, Haunted: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and the London Lemonade

#147: Serial-Randy Kraft, Ghosts-Fukushima, and the Tsunami cocktail

#146: Boys on the tracks-Don Henry & Kevin Ives, UFO-Rendlesham Forest Incident, and the Elderflower Aviation Gin cocktail